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SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
the earliest records of God's dealings with His chosen people,
to the closing book in the Bible, we find that God has re-
peatedly spoken to His prophets and His people through the
agency of angels."—"Ministry
of Angels," page 98.
2.
"In this instance a direct message from heaven was
given to Abraham through the agency of a heavenly being.
The angel spoke in a language Abraham understood, giving
him a message that greatly cheered his heart, and that re-
vealed to him God's acceptance of his sacrifice. When the
Lord had thus tested His servant, He also revealed His
purpose toward him and toward his seed."—/b.
3.
"The words of the angel, 'I am Gabriel, that stand in
the presence of God,' show that he holds a position of high
honor in the heavenly courts. When he came with a mes-
sage to Daniel, he said, 'There is none that holdeth with me
in these things, but Michael [Christ] your prince.' Of Ga-
briel the Saviour speaks, in the Revelation, saying that 'He
sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John.'
And to John the angel declared, 'I am a fellow servant with
thee, and with thy brethren the prophets.' Wonderful thought
—that the angel who stands next in honor to the Son of God,
is the one chosen to open the purposes of God to sinful men."
—"The Desire of Ages," pages 98, 99.
4.
"Christ sent and made known the Revelation to John
by 'His angel.' A particular angel seems here to be brought
to view. What angel could appropriately be called Christ's
angel? May we not find an answer to this question in a
significant passage in the prophecy of Daniel? In Dan. 10: 21,
an angel, which was doubtless Gabriel (see Daniel, chapters
9, 10, and 11: 1), in making known some important truths to
Daniel, said, 'There is none that holdeth with me in these
things, but Michael your prince.' Who Michael is, we easily
learn. Jude (verse 9) calls him the 'archangel.' And Paul
tells us that when the Lord descends from heaven, and the
dead in Christ are raised, the voice of the archangel shall be
heard. 1 Thess:.4: 16. And whose voice will be heard at that
amazing hour when the dead are called to life? The Lord
Himself replies, 'Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming
in the which all that are in the graves shall hear
his voice'
(John 5: 28) ; and the previous verse shows that the one
here referred to, whose voice will then be heard, is the Son
of man, or
Christ:
It is the voice of Christ, then, that calls
the dead from their graves. That voice, Paul declares, is the
voice of the archangel; and Jude says that the archangel is
called Michael, the very personage mentioned in Daniel, and
all referring to Christ. The statement in Daniel, then, is,
that the truths to be revealed to Daniel were committed to
Christ, and confined exclusively to Him, and to an angel
whose name was Gabriel. Similar to the work of communi-